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Worst Southern accents in film

Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:48 pm
Posted by Masterag
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:48 pm
Not much is as annoying as a non Southerner trying to play one on TV. Why didn't they just hire one in the first place?

My list in no particular order:
Colin Firth- Main Street
Nick Cage- con air
James Vanderbeek- varsity blues

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Posted by Agforlife
Somewhere in the Brazos Valley
Member since Nov 2012
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:50 pm to
Anyone who tries to fake one sucks
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:51 pm to
Yeah I'd say they are all terrible
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:52 pm to
quote:

Nick Cage- con air

Uh, that's possibly the greatest southern accent ever done in film. Nick Cage sounded more southern than any southerner does.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:58 pm to
quote:


Nick Cage- con air


He came to my hometown to learn that accent. He met some guy at the Waffle House while he was here. They went and shot some fireworks.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 7:58 pm to
Put the bunny in the box.
Posted by Henry Jones Jr
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68418 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:04 pm to
People down voting my post have no culture or true understanding of acting.
Posted by harmonics
Mars Hotel
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:14 pm to
That one little kid on the bus in Forrest Gump. "Can't sit here". He sounds fricking British.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:16 pm to
Lucas Black plays the character of Christopher LaSalle in NCIS: New Orleans. His accent is very thick. I know he was born in Decatur, Alabama but is his accent representative of North Alabama?

Posted by Masterag
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Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:19 pm to
quote:




He came to my hometown to learn that accent. He met some guy at the Waffle House while he was here. They went and shot some fireworks.



This is what I don't get. They spend all that time shadowing somebody and they still sound terrible. Why not just go with it off the bat, it's gonna sound terrible regardless.
Posted by bawbarn
Member since Jul 2012
3688 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:21 pm to
Real southern accents suck arse.

Eva's from Justified is obnoxious.
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

I know he was born in Decatur, Alabama but is his accent representative of North Alabama?


He's from the country. So sure.
Posted by DrunkerThanThou
Unfortunately Mississippi
Member since Feb 2013
2846 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:23 pm to
Xman Wolverine, when that guy from Friday night lights plays Gambit, who's supposed to be Cajun

Fake

Vs

Real

Bonus: Coach O loves his hummer
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 8:30 pm
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
Member since Dec 2010
39829 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:23 pm to
quote:


That one little kid on the bus in Forrest Gump. "Can't sit here". He sounds fricking British.


Gump's real daughter was on the bus too.
This post was edited on 3/5/15 at 8:23 pm
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
62697 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:23 pm to
What accent was Babs in Animal House trying to portray?

That was pretty bad.
Posted by Landmass
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:25 pm to
Anybody that is not from the south sucks at the accent. There's actually many many accents but they always pick the Texas twang.
Posted by FinleyStreet
Member since Aug 2011
7895 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:30 pm to
There are two southern accents on film: Redneck or Scarlett O'Hara. Nothing in between. It's bizarre.
Posted by Kentucker
Cincinnati, KY
Member since Apr 2013
19351 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:31 pm to
quote:

Eva's from Justified is obnoxious.


There are some pretty awful versions of southern accents on that show. My favorite, though, was Dewey Crowe's. Damon Harriman, from Australia of all places, played the character.

The absolute worst southern accent on TV right now is that of Rick Grimes on The Walking Dead, played by Andrew Lincoln (real name Andrew James Clutterbuck). He's English. I grit my teeth sometimes when he's talking. It's difficult to listen to him.
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
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Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:37 pm to
Hers is actually pretty good most of the time, but then she overdoes it and loses me. Winona's is really good, tho.
Posted by Masterag
'Round Dallas
Member since Sep 2014
18798 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 8:38 pm to
I don't know. Generic southern?
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